Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh

Agricultural Census agricultural production agricultural sector analysis Area and Yield area sown area under cereals average barley Black gram cent per annum Chamba district change Bilaspur change change change compound growth rates consumption crop group cropping pattern cultivation districts have shown farm farmers fertilizer food crops foodgrains forests green manuring gross cropped area grown Hamirpur Hamirpur district highest increase Himachal Pradesh HYVs Important Crops increasing trend India interaction irrigated irrigational facilities Kangra district kharif Kinnaur district Kulu labour Lahaul & Spiti Lahaul-Spiti lakhs maize Mandi district manure marginal mustard negative growth rates non-food crops number of holdings paddy percentage population potato proportionate area pulses Rabi crop rapeseed Rates of Area rice Sesamum shift shown a decrease shown an increase shown negative growth shows Simla and Sirmur Simla districts Sirmur districts Solan districts study period TABLE 5.2 Contd tenancy thousand hectares total area total cropped area Una districts wheat Yield Cropping